Rather blowy and very, very quiet today. Only 10 birds processed.
Total: 9 (1)
Blackcap - 1
Blue Tit - 1
Coal Tit - 2
Dunnock - 1
Great Tit - 0 (1)
Robin - 2
Whitethroat - 2
A round up of our bird ringing activities (all birds ringed under licence from the British Trust for Ornithology with schedule one authority where appropriate), birding trips and other wildlife sorties within the UK and whenever we get chance, elsewhere.
Rather blowy and very, very quiet today. Only 10 birds processed.
Total: 9 (1)
Blackcap - 1
Blue Tit - 1
Coal Tit - 2
Dunnock - 1
Great Tit - 0 (1)
Robin - 2
Whitethroat - 2
It wasn't a particularly high tide today, but sufficient to get some of the terns and gulls close enough for colour rings to be read. The Black-tailed Godwits were also on the pits so, although there were plenty that we couldn't get the codes or full combinations for we also recorded quite a few birds from other projects, and also found YN(2144) one of our own Med Gull juveniles from Scolt Head just along the coast.
A total of 52 birds processed at the lagoons today. Adult migrant species are very thin on the ground now. Only one adult Reed Warbler with any other adults being resident birds.
Some notable singles today, Sparrowhawk, Kingfisher and Wood Pigeon in addition to a Robin. Leading species of the day, Blackcap. Team of CL & DKL.
An evening spent in pursuit of Stonechats. We did quite well, marking 5 with darvics and even captured a juvenile Nightjar.
The first Stonechat was very interesting with dark feathers in the axillary pit.
A juvenile female Nightjar rounded the evening off nicely.
Discovery day at Sculthorpe Moor, the second of four being held every Wednesday throughout August.
We were concerned about the heat and began taking nets in very open areas down from 10:30am to avoid birds being in nets for too long as the heat intensity increased.
That didn't stop us catching plenty of birds to show the children, and their fascinated adults. Three Kingfishers on the day was most definitely an unexpected bonus.
Total:51 (5)
Blackcap - 4 (1)
Blue Tit - 3
Chiffchaff - 8 (1)
Great Tit - 4
Kingfisher - 3
Marsh Tit - 1 (1)
Reed Warbler - 19 (2)
Sedge Warbler - 4
Whitethroat - 1
Wren - 4
A total of 68 birds today with 15 species on the record sheet. It was unusual to capture a Garden Warbler as we see very few across all the sites that we work. Lesser Whitethroat was another species that don't feature heavily in our catches. Leading species was Reed Warbler, juveniles bar for a single individual. A juvenile Yellowhammer proved breeding to have taken place fairly locally.
Total: 64 (4)
Blackbird - 2
Blackcap - 8
Blue Tit - 4
Chiffchaff - 12
Dunnock - 1
Garden Warbler - 1
Lesser Whitethroat - 1
Reed Bunting - 2
Reed Warbler - 15 (1)
Robin - 1
Sedge Warbler - 6 (2)
Song Thrush - 1
Whitethroat - 6 (1)
Wren - 3
Yellowhammer - 1
A bit on the windy side and with no takers for the session, we switched to a smaller site that would afford some shelter from the stiff breeze.
Only 21 birds captured, although a large flock of Long-tailed Tits that completely missed all nets could have swelled the total quite a bit. Whitethroats were particularly interesting as the mainly young birds made up almost half of the catch. Pleased to get a Lesser Whitethroat as this is the site where we are most likely to encounter them.
Total: 18 (3)
Blackbird - 1
Blackcap - 1 (2)
Blue Tit - 1
Dunnock - 1
Lesser Whitethroat - 1
Whitethroat - 9 (1)
Wren - 4